Grails 1.1.1
Further information about the release can be obtained using the links below:
For Windows users, if you get a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/gant/GantBinding be advice; do not download TAR/GZ, but ZIP instead (it seems like some scripts are different somehow)
New features in 1.1.1 are described below. Also see the article and screencast demonstrating AppEngine support on the SpringSource teamblog.
New Features
Google AppEngine Support
Grails applications can now be deployed to Google AppEngine using Grails 1.1.1 and the Grails [AppEngine plugin|http://grails.org/plugin/app-engine]. Refer the to the plugin documentation for more information.
Secured Plugin Repositories
You can now configure secure plugin repositories in @~/.grails/settings.groovy@ or @grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy@ for example:
grails.plugin.repos.discovery.myRepo="https://user01:[email protected]"
Improved GSP Performance
Groovy Server Pages (GSP) is now around 30% over performance in 1.1 resulting in an overall performance boost for Grails.